Risk for low back, neck, and shoulder pain among home health care workers

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• Personal Author:
  Alder SC ; Garg, Arun ; Hegmann KT ; Kapellusch J ; Thiese MS ; Thompson CJ ; Wendelboe A ; Wood EM
• Description:
  Background: Home health care (HHC) workers are reported at risk for injuries due to patient transfers. Methods: A questionnaire was administered to 883 employees of 24 HHC agencies. We calculated prevalence rates and prevalence rate ratios (PRRs) for self-reported episodes of work-related low back, neck, and shoulder pain in three job classes (aides, nurses, and all others) for the prior 12 months. Results: One-year period prevalence rates for aides, nurses, and all others, respectively, were calculated as follows: low back pain, 58.1%, 45.8%, and 28.8%; neck pain, 32.9%, 34.8%, and 22.6%; and shoulder pain, 33.5%, 31.7%, and 19.9%. PRRs adjusted for age, sex, BMI, job/personal satisfaction, and smoking were calculated for aides and nurses using all others as controls: low back pain, aides [PRR = 3.4 (95% CI = 2.3-5.3)], nurses [PRR = 2.1 (95% CI = 1.3-3.3)]; neck pain, aides [PRR = 1.7 (95% CI = 1.1-2.7)], nurses [PRR = 1.8 (95% CI = 1.1-3.0)]; shoulder pain, aides [PRR = 2.03 (95% CI = 1.3-3.3)], nurses [PRR = 1.9 (95% CI = 1.1-3.1)]. Conclusions: Aides are at highest risk for low back and shoulder pain, and nurses appear to be at highest risk for neck pain. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Health Care Facilities Workforce And Services Health Personnel Musculoskeletal Diseases Occupational Health Risk Assessment Risk Factors Safety Surveys And Questionnaires
• Keywords:
  Back-injuries Health-care-personnel Health-services Injuries Manual-lifting Medical-personnel Medical-services Musculoskeletal-system-disorders Neck-injuries Nurses Questionnaires Risk-analysis Risk-factors Statistical-analysis

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• ISSN:
  1076-2752
• Document Type:
  Text
• Funding:
  Grant
• Genre:
  Abstract or Summary
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 5 ; OSHA Region 8 ; Utah ; Wisconsin
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  45
• Issue:
  7
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20038042
• Citation:
  J Occup Environ Med 2003 Jul; 45(7):774
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  2003
• Performing Organization:
  University of Utah
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Start Date:
  20050701
• Source Full Name:
  Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine
• End Date:
  20280630
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ce5f418e7d3747ca2b17be33225cdd0ed61f2a8ae3a4e8cae6abf0b0d69c503f20e2c9d331386fab53af57dc9c84fc039c406441b2de78f87f6e32d7b51e0ddb
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/191883/cdc_191883_DS1.pdf
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